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Journeyseeker's Blog

A blog by Journeyseeker in General

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About this blog

A personal walk with me during my Journey

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Lone Time No See

So it has been so long since I have been around so let me just update you. I did have surgary on 10/27/11 and since then it has been a slow go but I am ok with that. I started out at 385 and as of this morning me weighing in I was at 324. 61 pounds lost since I started all of this on April 15th 2011 never before have I ever been able to lose this amount and still keep it off. Now I know many people wonder if there has been any of issues by the grace of God I can say that besides a few stuck e

Heading Back To Work Tomorrow And Almost 1 Month Out

Well tomorrow I head back to work. I chose to take 3 weeks off so that I would be past all of the crazy eating stages. some time before I was scheduled to be off I was chosen for a new position at work and had been a little scared to tell my new boss about me going out on leave. Well he was completly wonderful told me not to worry about anything that we would work on getting me trained once i came back, and that I just needed to take care of myself right now. I am glad i have some super suppo

Scared

I know this is kinda off topic but in a slim degree it is related to being banded. I have been wanting to go back to college and have recently i had started the process of going back. Well tomorrow I am suposed go take the placement test and i am scared to death. When I went to my psyc eval The guy asked me if i have any other big things that will be happening this year and I told him that besides the band that I had a job promotion but that i wouldnt be starting that till after I return fr

tomorrow = 1 week post -op

Well as of 11/3/2011 I will be one week post-op ive gotta say it hasnt been too bad. I have had very little pain mostly some back pain which i believe was from the gas. I was suposed to be on clear liquids all week but i did cheat a little and had a couple bites of chicken yesterday but i chewed and chewed and chewed and chewed I just had to have something. I also started drinking "full" liquids to get more protein in. Since surgery as of today I am down 9 pounds which puts me down a total o

Surgery Eve

So tomorrow is surgery eve I am not really nervous but then again ask me tomorrow and see how i am doing...... lol. I am ready to get this done ready to start my new life so speak......I think about it like this i have my birth date 5/12/81 my birthday in christ 1/6/2008 and ill have my banded birth date 10/27/2011 thats pretty impressive.

5 Days and counting

:thumbup: So 5 days and counting.... well actually I am going to say 4 days because I have to be at the hospital by 6 am on the 27th so that means waking up at 4am and anytime you have to wake up that early it doesnt really count as another day. I did my preop testing on the 18th and got the call that all my labs came back perfectly fine also when the guy did my EKG he said it was completly normal. I called and found out that my FMLA and Short term disability was approved I dont have anything

17 days and counting

Well I have 17 days till my surgery date I am excited and nervous. If I really sit here and think about it I feel like im going to have a panic attack so truthfully I have been TRYING not to think about it. My boss at work just finished filling out my FMLA paper work which it does make it seem even more real and scarry. I have been wanting this for just about 10 years and I cant believe Im getting nervous....

Approved at last Approved at last Thank God almighty Im approved at last lol!!!!!!

I'm so excited...... well like i said last week on Thursday 9/22 my Dr office submitted my paperwork to my insurance. I tell you what that was a LONG weekend lol. Well Monday me being the impatient one I am called the insurance to find out the status and was told the nurse person had all my paperwork and was reviewing and she would have a approval or denial in 24-48...... LORD have mercy all I did was pray and pray and pray. You know that feeling like I’ve got this I’ll be approved but there i

Background on the Journeyseeker

I started looking in to having the lap band about 10 years ago but it was not in Gods plan for me to have it then. I first had an insurance that only paid about 2k towards it. I then had great insurance with another company even had gotten approved. Then due to cut backs I lost my job before I could have it done. A few years later I was contacted by my surgeons office to see if I was still interested in having the lapband done well DUH of course but i let the nurse know that my insurance didnt

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